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SS1225

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    New Jersey
  • Application Season
    2014 Fall
  • Program
    Clinical Psychology PhD

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  1. Oops, I lied a little bit about those GRE scores. I was kind of writing in a panic, last night, because I was making decisions about whether it was even worth it to go into New York for the day to admitted students day at Columbia (and decided against it). My GRE scores are 160 (V) and 154 (Q). I remembered them as slightly lower, I guess, as they do stand out to me as a weaker point in my application. The thing is, I took these twice, two years apart in time, and got exactly the same score. I may in fact be the poster child for "intellectual stability". Overachievers unite! As for my personal statement, I had it reviewed by, and made revisions according to comments from mentors from my work as a CRC (professors I'm working with on papers at the moment). I've tried to pinpoint areas of weakness in my application. The first time around, I had one interview but did not get accepted. I asked the professor for feedback, but as life would, and does continue to have it, no reply! After that I decided to pursue clinical work, to vary the experience on my resume. Let me tell you though, group counseling for children is NOT for me. Although I have moments with individual kids, the whole policing of children behavior is not my style, and not what I'm interested in. Anyway, before I get too far on that tangent, thanks for replying guys. I really appreciate it. I have heard that, in general if your GPA from undergrad is solid, Masters programs are not particualrly helpful. My thought was that if I go beyond the basic requirements there and link up with the professors in the clinical department on research projects, I'll advance, somehow.
  2. Hey guys. So, this year I applied to about 15 PhD programs, and got rejected from all of them. I did get accepted to Teacher's College Columbia MA in Psych, and to Rutgers MSW program. I've been "in the field" now for four years - the first two years as a Clinical Research Coordinator, the second two as a Counselor (doing group counseling - somehow we're titled "Counselor" despite just having the bachelors). After the first two years I applied to about 9 schools, also getting rejected. I'm really, really tired of these lateral movements. In my gut, I know I want and need more. My understanding is that the MA in Pysch at Columbia offers nothing but an enhanced likelihood of acceptance into their (or some other?) PhD program. The MSW at Rutgers isn't quite the same as clinical psychology, but at least at the end of the two years, I'll have some sort of a license to practice. *I do, want to do research, by the way. My thoughts are that while I'm in the program, I'll try to reach out to faculty in the clinical psych department, to develo raport and work with them, and possibly, via that route, enhance my likelihood of getting into their PhD program in the future (somewhat similar to the way Columbia's program works). I am not a fan of living in the city (at all), although I would have been willing to uproot everything in a minute to go to Columbia's PhD program. For their MA program, on the other hand, it seems like a huge inconvenience (lifestyle wise and financially) for a risky situation, compared to the MSW at Rutgers. By the way, my stats are GPA: 3.88, GRE: 154, 157, 4.5, the experience listed above (and an article that's almost submitted,but, we know that doesn't count). Thanks so much for your input. I've got about... 4 days to decide.
  3. Hey, I was waitlisted at Syracuse, and have not interviewed.
  4. Still no word from Teacher's College Columbia or Rutgers (Clinical)??! (Anyone?)
  5. Also, I'm aware that interviews have been sent out for GWU, but I've also read on the forum that the university has notified people of rejections, via e-mail/website. My application still says "under review". Does this indicate a difference in status?
  6. Do we think it's bad news if we haven't gotten an interview invite yet? The results forum tells me that 4/15 of my schools has sent theirs out so far, and we can't be sure that everyone who gets an invite is posting regardless. =/
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